Countries With the Fastest Growth in Inflation rate (5-Year Change)

Name: Countries With the Fastest Growth in Inflation rate (5-Year Change)
Creator: The World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Change in Inflation rate over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Argentina rose the most: by 166.3 pts, from 53.5% per year (consumer prices) to 219.9% per year (consumer prices) in the five years to 2024. Sudan is second (+106.5 pts), followed by Zimbabwe (+103.8 pts). 124 countries rose over that period; the median change among them was +2.05 pts.

#1: Argentina · +166.3 pts
Median: +2.05 pts
Coverage: 124 countries
Data year: 2025
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: 5-year change (points). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Argentina 166.3; 2. Sudan 106.5; 3. Zimbabwe 103.8; 4. Burundi 26.8; 5. Türkiye 22.6; 6. Malawi 19.7; 7. Bolivia 18.6; 8. Iran, Islamic Rep. 11.6; 9. West Bank and Gaza 10.5; 10. Ukraine 10.

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Countries With the Fastest Growth in Inflation rate (5-Year Change), 2025
Rank	Country	From	To	5-year change (points)
1	Argentina	53.5	219.9	+166.3 pts
2	Sudan	32.4	138.8	+106.5 pts
3	Zimbabwe	0.894	104.7	+103.8 pts
4	Burundi	7.32	34.1	+26.8 pts
5	Türkiye	12.3	34.9	+22.6 pts
6	Malawi	8.63	28.4	+19.7 pts
7	Bolivia	0.941	19.5	+18.6 pts
8	Iran, Islamic Rep.	30.6	42.2	+11.6 pts
9	West Bank and Gaza	-0.735	9.81	+10.5 pts
10	Ukraine	2.73	12.7	+10 pts
11	Nigeria	13.2	23	+9.76 pts
12	Egypt, Arab Rep.	5.04	14.1	+9.03 pts
13	Tonga	-0.35	5.59	+5.94 pts
14	Haiti	22.8	28.6	+5.85 pts
15	Maldives	-1.37	4.01	+5.38 pts
16	Russian Federation	3.38	8.72	+5.34 pts
17	Estonia	-0.448	4.83	+5.28 pts
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1.05	3.98	+5.03 pts
19	Mongolia	3.72	8.61	+4.88 pts
20	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.582	5.41	+4.83 pts
21	St. Kitts and Nevis	-1.04	3.56	+4.59 pts
22	Kazakhstan	6.8	11.4	+4.58 pts
23	Romania	2.63	7.19	+4.56 pts
24	Gambia, The	7.12	11.6	+4.45 pts
25	Ghana	9.89	14.2	+4.32 pts
26	South Sudan	87.2	91.4	+4.2 pts
27	Montenegro	-0.256	3.9	+4.15 pts
28	Moldova	3.77	7.76	+3.99 pts
29	Kiribati	2.55	6.51	+3.96 pts
30	Madagascar	4.19	8.05	+3.86 pts
31	St. Lucia	-1.76	2.03	+3.78 pts
32	Samoa	-1.57	2.21	+3.78 pts
33	Greece	-1.25	2.48	+3.73 pts
34	Kosovo	0.198	3.86	+3.66 pts
35	Israel	-0.575	3.04	+3.62 pts
36	Croatia	0.155	3.69	+3.54 pts
37	Latvia	0.219	3.75	+3.53 pts
38	United Arab Emirates	-2.08	1.25	+3.33 pts
39	Japan	-0.025	3.17	+3.2 pts
40	Bangladesh	5.69	8.77	+3.08 pts
41	Spain	-0.323	2.67	+3 pts
42	Bulgaria	1.67	4.58	+2.91 pts
43	United Kingdom	0.989	3.88	+2.89 pts
44	North Macedonia	1.2	4.07	+2.87 pts
45	Azerbaijan	2.76	5.62	+2.86 pts
46	Mali	0.438	3.28	+2.84 pts
47	Lao PDR	5.1	7.74	+2.64 pts
48	Colombia	2.53	5.14	+2.62 pts
49	Guyana	0.722	3.33	+2.61 pts
50	Lithuania	1.2	3.79	+2.59 pts
51	Ireland	-0.326	2.21	+2.54 pts
52	Malaysia	-1.14	1.38	+2.52 pts
53	Comoros	0.787	3.25	+2.46 pts
54	Slovenia	-0.055	2.37	+2.43 pts
55	San Marino	-0.133	2.3	+2.43 pts
56	Portugal	-0.012	2.34	+2.35 pts
57	Serbia	1.58	3.89	+2.31 pts
58	Paraguay	1.77	4.04	+2.27 pts
59	Bahrain	-2.32	-0.138	+2.18 pts
60	Austria	1.38	3.53	+2.15 pts
61	Armenia	1.21	3.31	+2.1 pts
62	Slovak Republic	1.94	4	+2.06 pts
63	Australia	0.847	2.87	+2.03 pts
64	Germany	0.145	2.17	+2.03 pts
65	Netherlands	1.27	3.2	+1.94 pts
66	Qatar	-0.667	1.27	+1.93 pts
67	Kyrgyz Republic	6.33	8.22	+1.89 pts
68	Brazil	3.21	5.02	+1.8 pts
69	Norway	1.3	3.04	+1.74 pts
70	Cabo Verde	0.606	2.34	+1.74 pts
71	Belgium	0.737	2.47	+1.73 pts
72	Malta	0.639	2.36	+1.72 pts
73	Italy	-0.138	1.53	+1.67 pts
74	Korea, Rep.	0.537	2.12	+1.59 pts
75	Denmark	0.423	1.89	+1.47 pts
76	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.628	0.815	+1.44 pts
77	Luxembourg	0.82	2.26	+1.44 pts
78	Jordan	0.333	1.77	+1.43 pts
79	Equatorial Guinea	1.53	2.92	+1.39 pts
80	Oman	-0.406	0.968	+1.37 pts
81	Panama	-1.55	-0.188	+1.36 pts
82	Canada	0.717	2.07	+1.36 pts
83	Grenada	-0.741	0.61	+1.35 pts
84	Dominica	1.22	2.53	+1.31 pts
85	Namibia	2.21	3.51	+1.3 pts
86	Iceland	2.85	4.09	+1.24 pts
87	São Tomé and Principe	9.82	11	+1.23 pts
88	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.251	1.44	+1.19 pts
89	Chile	3.05	4.21	+1.17 pts
90	United States	1.81	2.95	+1.14 pts
91	Honduras	3.47	4.6	+1.13 pts
92	New Zealand	1.71	2.84	+1.13 pts
93	Mauritius	2.58	3.67	+1.09 pts
94	Hungary	3.33	4.41	+1.09 pts
95	Singapore	-0.172	0.903	+1.08 pts
96	Bahamas, The	0.039	1.11	+1.07 pts
97	Belarus	5.55	6.6	+1.05 pts
98	Ecuador	-0.339	0.71	+1.05 pts
99	Cameroon	2.44	3.4	+0.966 pts
100	Belize	0.121	1.06	+0.941 pts

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#1 Argentina

Argentina ranks #1 on this list with +166.3 pts.

Capital: Buenos Aires
Continent: South America
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 45.85 million people (2025)
GDP: US$683.1 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$14,898 (2025)
Life expectancy: 77.5 years (2024)
Urban population: 92.4% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Greater Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Córdoba.

Also ranks #1 in inflation rate · #2 in access to clean cooking fuels · #2 in deposit interest rate.

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#2 Sudan

Sudan ranks #2 on this list with +106.5 pts.

Capital: Khartoum
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 51.66 million people (2025)
GDP: US$60.16 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,165 (2025)
Life expectancy: 66.5 years (2024)
Urban population: 34.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Khartoum, Omdurman.

Also ranks #2 in inflation rate · #4 in children out of school (primary) · #5 in refugee population by origin.

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#3 Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe ranks #3 on this list with +103.8 pts.

Capital: Harare
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 16.95 million people (2025)
GDP: US$51.22 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$3,021 (2025)
Life expectancy: 63.1 years (2024)
Urban population: 40.5% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Harare, Masvingo.

Also ranks #2 in lending interest rate · #3 in inflation rate · #4 in income share of richest 10%.

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#4 Burundi

Burundi ranks #4 on this list with +26.8 pts.

Capital: Gitega
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 14.39 million people (2025)
GDP: US$3.36 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$233.8 (2025)
Life expectancy: 63.8 years (2024)
Urban population: 25.7% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in prevalence of stunting (under-5) · #3 in forest rents share of gdp · #3 in real effective exchange rate index.

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#5 Türkiye

Türkiye ranks #5 on this list with +22.6 pts.

Capital: Ankara
Continent: Asia
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 85.88 million people (2025)
GDP: US$1.6 trillion (2025)
GDP per person: US$18,599 (2025)
Life expectancy: 77.4 years (2024)
Urban population: 89.5% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir.

Also ranks #1 in deposit interest rate · #2 in refugee population by asylum · #5 in air passengers carried.

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#6 Malawi

Malawi ranks #6 on this list with +19.7 pts.

Capital: Lilongwe
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 22.22 million people (2025)
GDP: US$14.92 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$671.5 (2025)
Life expectancy: 67.6 years (2024)
Urban population: 17.6% of population (2025)

Also ranks #3 in school enrolment (primary) · #3 in pupil-teacher ratio (primary) · #3 in poverty headcount ratio.

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#7 Bolivia

Bolivia ranks #7 on this list with +18.6 pts.

Capital: La Paz, Sucre
Continent: South America
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 12.58 million people (2025)
GDP: US$64.77 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$5,148 (2025)
Life expectancy: 68.7 years (2024)
Urban population: 71.6% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Also ranks #2 in real effective exchange rate index · #3 in bank branches per 100,000 adults · #4 in women in parliament share.

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#8 Iran, Islamic Rep.

Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks #8 on this list with +11.6 pts.

Capital: Tehran
Continent: Asia
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 92.42 million people (2025)
GDP: US$362.68 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$3,924 (2025)
Life expectancy: 77.9 years (2024)
Urban population: 77.4% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Tehran, Isfahan, Ahvaz.

Also ranks #1 in refugee population by asylum · #2 in official exchange rate · #4 in gross capital formation rate.

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#9 West Bank and Gaza

West Bank and Gaza ranks #9 on this list with +10.5 pts.

Capital: Ramallah, East Jerusalem
Continent: Asia
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 5.41 million people (2025)
GDP: US$17.17 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$3,171 (2025)
Life expectancy: 69.2 years (2024)
Urban population: 87.4% of population (2025)

Also ranks #5 in unemployment rate · #10 in crop production index · #12 in population density.

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#10 Ukraine

Ukraine ranks #10 on this list with +10 pts.

Capital: Kyiv
Continent: Europe
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 38.98 million people (2025)
GDP: US$214.23 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$5,866 (2025)
Life expectancy: 74.7 years (2024)
Urban population: 69.6% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa.

Also ranks #1 in net migration · #3 in refugee population by origin · #4 in arable land share.

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Source and method

Change in Inflation rate over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: Inflation, consumer prices (annual %): International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.

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About the top 10

#1 Argentina

#2 Sudan

#3 Zimbabwe

#4 Burundi

#5 Türkiye

#6 Malawi

#7 Bolivia

#8 Iran, Islamic Rep.

#9 West Bank and Gaza

#10 Ukraine

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